2008–09 Belgian First Division

The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division (also known as Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The regular season began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 16 May 2009. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

On 19 April 2009 Mons were relegated after Dender beat Roeselare 3–1 and made it mathematically impossible for Mons to climb into 16th position or higher. Tubize were relegated on 3 May 2009, after a 1–1 draw at home to Anderlecht.

The 2008–09 champions were decided in a playoff because Standard and Anderlecht finished the regular season equal on points and number of wins. Standard won the playoff by 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained the title.

Participating teams

The league consisted of 18 teams, the best 16 teams from last season and two promoted teams from the Second Division.

The number of participants was reduced to 16 teams the season after, hence relegation was increased from two to three or four teams.

Team changes from the previous season

Sint-Truidense and Brussels were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the previous season after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Second Division champions Kortrijk and promotion playoff winners Tubize.

Overview

Club Location Current manager Team captain Stadium Capacity
Standard Liège Liège Romania László Bölöni Belgium Steven Defour Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Belgium Ariel Jacobs Belgium Olivier Deschacht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Club Brugge K.V. Bruges Belgium Jacky Mathijssen Belgium Philippe Clement Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges Belgium Glen De Boeck Belgium Denis Viane Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Belgium Aimé Anthuenis Colombia Daniel Cruz Olympisch Stadion 12,148
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Belgium Michel Preud'homme Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
S.V. Zulte Waregem Waregem Belgium Francky Dury Belgium Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze Regenboogstadion 8,500
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Scotland John Collins Belgium Frank Defays Stade du Pays de Charleroi 25,000
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Belgium Jan Ceulemans Belgium Jef Delen Het Kuipje 8,200
K.R.C. Genk Genk Belgium Pierre Denier and Netherlands Hans Visser (caretakers) Belgium Hans Cornelis Cristal Arena 24,900
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Belgium Enzo Scifo Belgium Gonzague van Dooren Stade Le Canonnier 11,500
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Serbia Aleksandar Janković Belgium Olivier Doll Daknamstadion 10,000
KV Mechelen Mechelen Belgium Peter Maes Belgium Jonas Ivens Veolia-Stadion 14,145
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Netherlands Dennis Van Wijk Belgium Stefaan Tanghe Schiervelde Stadion 9,036
F.C. Verbroedering Dender E.H. Denderleeuw Netherlands Johan Boskamp Belgium Steven de Petter Florent Beeckmanstadion 6,800
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Belgium Christophe Dessy (caretaker) Italy Roberto Mirri Stade Charles Tondreau 9,504
K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Belgium Hein Vanhaezebrouck Belgium Stéphane Demets Guldensporen Stadion 8,770
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize France Albert Cartier Belgium Gregory Neels Stade Leburton 4,000

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Mons France Albert Cartier Mutual consent 11 May 2008 [1] Belgium Philippe Saint-Jean 6 June 2008 [2] Pre-Season
Gent Norway Trond Sollied Resigned 18 May 2008 [3][4] Belgium Michel Preud'homme 27 May 2008 [5] Pre-Season
Standard Liège Belgium Michel Preud'homme End of contract 26 May 2008 [6] Romania László Bölöni 9 June 2008 [7] Pre-Season
Tubize Belgium Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 6 June 2008 [2] France Albert Cartier 14 June 2008 [8] Pre-Season

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Mons Belgium Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 21 August 2008 [9] Belgium Thierry Pister (caretaker) 21 August 2008 [9] 18th
Roeselare Belgium Dirk Geeraerd Sacked 26 October 2008 [10] Netherlands Dennis van Wijk 29 October 2008 [11] 18th
Germinal Beerschot Belgium Harm van Veldhoven Resigned 13 November 2008 [12] Belgium Aimé Anthuenis 14 November 2008 [13] 16th
Mons Belgium Thierry Pister (caretaker) Sacked 4 December 2008 [14] Belgium Christophe Dessy (caretaker) 4 December 2008 [14] 15th
Charleroi Belgium Thierry Siquet Sacked 15 December 2008 [15] Scotland John Collins 15 December 2008 [15] 11th
Genk Belgium Ronny Van Geneugden Resigned 5 March 2009 [16] Belgium Pierre Denier and Netherlands Hans Visser (caretakers) 5 March 2009 [16] 4th
Lokeren Belgium Georges Leekens Resigned 31 March 2009 [17] Serbia Aleksandar Janković 6 April 2009 [18] 7th

League standings

Final table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Standard Liège (C) 34 24 5 5 66 26+40 077PO 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Anderlecht 34 24 5 5 75 30+45 077PO 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Club Brugge 34 18 5 11 59 50+9 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Gent 34 17 8 9 67 42+25 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5 Zulte Waregem 34 16 7 11 55 36+19 55
6 Westerlo 34 15 7 12 42 38+4 52
7 Lokeren 34 13 12 9 40 32+8 51
8 Genk 34 15 5 14 48 513 50 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
9 Cercle Brugge 34 14 5 15 48 535 47
10 Mechelen 34 12 10 12 46 526 46
11 Mouscron 34 12 8 14 42 497 44
12 Charleroi 34 12 7 15 43 485 43
13 Germinal Beerschot 34 11 9 14 44 42+2 42
14 Kortrijk 34 9 11 14 37 5518 38
15 Dender (R) 34 9 8 17 44 5814 35 Relegation Playoffs
16 Roeselare (O) 34 8 6 20 33 5926 30
17 Tubize (R) 34 7 6 21 35 7742 27 Belgian Second Division
18 Mons (R) 34 3 10 21 31 5726 19

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
POThe championship was decided in a playoff (see below).
1Genk qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the Belgian Cup 2008–09.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship playoff

Since Anderlecht and Standard were tied on both points and wins, a two-legged playoff was played in order to determine the league champions. Standard won the playoff 2–1 on aggregate and were crowned champions.

21 May 2009
20:30 CEST
Anderlecht 1 – 1 Standard
Legear  52' Report
(Dutch)
Mbokani  60'

24 May 2009
20:30 CEST
Standard 1 – 0 Anderlecht
Witsel  40' (pen.) Report
(Dutch)

Positions by matchday

Note: The classification was made after the weekend of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings. These postponed matches are:

Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Standard Liège 3 1 4 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Anderlecht 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Club Brugge 12 15 10 10 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3
Gent 1 3 2 4 7 8 10 8 7 5 6 7 9 7 9 10 10 9 11 8 7 8 9 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
Zulte Waregem 10 11 7 11 15 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 11 10 10 8 6 5 5 6 7 8 7 7 5 7 8 5 5
Westerlo 5 8 5 6 6 10 6 6 6 6 4 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6
Lokeren 10 5 6 8 5 7 9 7 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 6 8 7 7 7 9 9 8 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
Genk 8 13 8 5 8 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 8
Cercle Brugge 17 18 12 13 10 12 8 11 12 11 9 9 8 9 8 7 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 11 12 12 11 9 9 11 9 9
Mechelen 12 16 17 17 14 9 11 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 15 13 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 10
Mouscron 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 5 4 7 7 5 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 11
Charleroi 15 7 11 7 11 14 14 12 11 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12
Germinal Beerschot 8 10 15 8 12 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 17 15 13 13 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 13
Kortrijk 6 6 9 12 9 6 7 9 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 14 14 15 14
Dender 16 13 16 15 12 16 16 16 15 14 14 12 12 12 14 14 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 14 15 15 14 15
Roeselare 6 12 14 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16
Tubize 14 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 18 17 15 15 14 17 15 17 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Mons 18 9 13 14 16 13 13 14 14 13 13 14 14 15 13 16 14 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home ╲ Away AND CER CHACLUDENGNKGNTGBAKVKLOKKVMMONMOUROESTATUBWESZWA
Anderlecht 12 20 10 40 20 22 20 40 23 71 32 21 31 42 51 20 20
Cercle Brugge 03 22 13 12 12 31 10 01 00 21 21 01 43 41 41 21 20
Charleroi 01 32 22 20 30 25 00 12 11 12 30 10 10 10 32 12 10
Club Brugge 11 31 21 11 02 14 30 41 23 30 32 41 21 14 31 20 20
Dender 02 10 12 02 24 11 01 10 11 12 00 12 31 13 40 22 20
Genk 02 32 10 01 43 22 11 01 10 21 20 11 11 00 30 14 12
Gent 12 21 20 30 11 23 13 11 11 12 50 20 40 01 20 20 10
Germinal Beerschot 13 11 12 20 11 41 22 30 02 31 20 30 30 13 20 21 12
Kortrijk 13 21 11 23 12 31 02 00 23 00 10 22 21 02 22 00 10
Lokeren 00 11 00 20 02 12 01 10 20 22 00 30 21 11 41 11 21
Mechelen 21 01 21 11 41 21 33 21 11 30 00 22 12 00 00 13 02
Mons 12 11 11 12 52 31 12 00 11 02 01 00 20 01 11 02 22
Mouscron 11 01 21 51 02 12 42 31 10 20 31 32 20 03 11 00 02
Roeselare 03 12 31 01 22 10 13 22 22 01 10 32 20 11 12 10 03
Standard Liège 21 40 12 20 32 20 21 31 20 10 41 21 31 30 40 30 12
Tubize 11 30 31 14 21 13 01 10 33 21 15 21 12 01 01 12 06
Westerlo 01 12 10 11 31 10 32 10 13 10 01 21 00 10 01 41 32
Zulte Waregem 40 31 42 31 10 13 02 22 51 00 11 30 21 00 00 10 11

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Goalscorers

Sources: soccerway.com, sport.be (Dutch)

17 goals (1 player)
16 goals (2 players)
15 goals (1 player)
14 goals (3 players)
13 goals (2 players)
12 goals (5 players)
11 goals (2 players)
10 goals (1 player)
9 goals (4 players)
8 goals (8 players)
7 goals (7 players)
6 goals (9 players)

5 goals (14 players)

5 goals (cont.)

4 goals (22 players)

4 goals (cont.)

3 goals (37 players)

3 goals (cont.)

2 goals (33 players)

2 goals (cont.)

1 goal (77 players)

1 goal (cont.)

Own goals (17 players, 18 goals)

See also

References

  1. "Albert Cartier : délai de réflexion supplémentaire" (in French). raec-mons.be. 2008-05-11.
  2. 1 2 "Philippe Saint-Jean nommé entraîneur" (in French). raec-mons.be. 2008-06-06.
  3. "Sollied: "Ik wil AA Gent nog een prijs bezorgen"" (in Dutch). hln.be. 2008-03-25.
  4. "Trond Sollied nieuwe coach Heerenveen" (in Dutch). knack.be. 2008-03-25.
  5. "Michel Preud'homme nieuwe coach KAA Gent" (in Dutch). kaagent.be. 2008-05-27.
  6. "Michel PREUD'HOMME" (in Dutch). standard.be. 2008-05-26.
  7. "Laszlo Bölöni" (in Dutch). standard.be. 2008-06-09.
  8. "Cartier wordt trainer Tubeke" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-06-14.
  9. 1 2 "Saint-Jean stapt op bij Bergen" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-08-21.
  10. "Roeselare ontslaat Geeraerd" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-10-26.
  11. "Roeselare akkoord met Van Wijk" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-10-29.
  12. "Van Veldhoven gooit de handdoek" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-11-13.
  13. "Anthuenis moet Ratten redden" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-11-14.
  14. 1 2 "Pister weg bij Bergen" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-12-04.
  15. 1 2 "Schot moet Zebra's temmen" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2008-12-15.
  16. 1 2 "Van Geneugden houdt de eer aan zichzelf" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2009-03-05.
  17. "Leekens kiest voor oliedollars" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2009-03-31.
  18. "Jankovic-tijdperk begint dinsdag in Lokeren" (in Dutch). sport.be. 2009-03-31.
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